Firefox Spreadtrum: Mozilla is not officially showing the Firefox Spreadtrum prototype, but I managed to talk to one of their engineers and see the phone. The basic specs are amazing for what is supposed to be a $25 smartphone: 3.5-inch display, 256Mb ROM and 128Mb RAM, MicroSD slot, 2Mp camera, WiFi, 2G Edge connectivity, and Dual SIM configuration (something important in emerging markets). Spreadtrum is now talking to OEMs and first devices can be expected by quarter three.

That's true, open source allows the removal of all such constraints, which is essential for the future. Firefox OS is a step in the right direction. Android as well. It's still going to take a while but things are moving in that way with more open source options.

WhatsApp is a messaging service over IP. Nokia needs a SDK or a license to port the App. It works already on some Simbian phones so I don't see any technical issue, maybe we just have to wait, but it would be an important feature for the 220

@Kinnar, I agree with your opinion that Nokia can regain its number one position if they adopt Android. Even though the Nokia X doesnt run Google Services Nokia says that Nokia X is compatible with 75 percent of all Android apps and 25 percent of the apps needs little retouch.

Then the commitments to those itself is becoming the bottleneck for the survival of Nokia, I do not think that there will be any harm in using the open source flavour of Android, and that if Nokia should have started well in advance it might still be number one position in mobile handset market, as it was in 90s.

I think that this will be their least price model of the phone what they are discussing and promoting as on day. But they might surely have a model with 3G connectivity, but the price will not be 25$ for that model.

Also in the developing markets cost of 3G plans is such that 25$ Cell Phone user will not be able to afford data plan of 3G. In that case not having 3G is logically correct.

:), Nokia might be planning to recompile all their Symbian apps for its new platform. Nokia has ported Android on their 500 and 600 series of windows phones, why they are still experimenting with new platforms?